Juan Esteban Montero

Juan Esteban Montero Rodriguez (12 February 1879-25 February 1948) was President of Chile from 27 July to 20 August 1931 (succeeding Pedro Opaso and preceding Manuel Trucco) and from 15 November 1931 to 4 June 1932 (succeeding Trucco and preceding Arturo Puga).

Biography
Juan Esteban Montero Rodriguez was born in Santiago, Chile on 12 February 1879, and he became a lawyer in 1901 and became Minister of the Interior and Social Welfare in 1931 under President Carlos Ibanez del Campo. In 1931, he accepted the presidential nomination of the Radical Party of Chile, forcing him to resign the Vice Presidency and therefore cease to be acting President; he won the election, retaking the presidency from the caretaker Manuel Trucco. He faced continued economic troubles during the Great Depression, and, in 1932, Colonel Marmaduke Grove forced Montero to resign, leading to the creation of the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. Montero died in 1948.